Current mysteries of my life: How did I get poison ivy on both feet and between all of my toes? What is the point of a shirt that looks like a decent bum-covering tunic, but then has slits on both sides that go all the way…
Author: elizabethev
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Farmer’s Choice Box + meal planning
I picked up our first Farmer’s Choice box from Ward’s Berry Farm yesterday and am quite pleased with its contents. You might remember that one of the 7,000 browser tabs I shamefully keep open on my phone is the Farmer’s Choice Box info page. …
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What I made | 007: Gouache edition
What I made | 007 sounds so… James Bond. I assure you what follows is less secret agent and more… lady making a mess on her coffee table. I’ve been completely swept up in Mary Ann Moss’ Oh My Gouache class and have been using gouache in…
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20 Hours in Portland, Maine
What better way to wrap up a week down the Cape than a weekend in Vacationland? Or technically, 20 hours in Portland, Maine. We were only there long enough to catch a ferry, enjoy a wedding on an island, eat a pizza, take a nap, drink a…
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Cape Cod Lavender Farm | an afternoon visit
When we were kids, our parents would take us on “Mystery Rides” on summer evenings spent on the Cape. I think we usually ended up at Sundae School or Chatham Light. Or maybe one of the bayside beaches. I still love a good mystery…
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Open browser tabs | 3 AM edition
I was trying to get back to sleep after feeding Nick a few nights ago and should have done just that (sleep), but instead I scrolled through the approximately 900 open browser tabs on my iPhone. Obvious disclaimer: We all know screens and sleep…
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July goals + a printable calendar
July’s printable calendar is inspired by the matching popsicle pajamas Grace + Nick wore last night. As soon as the paint on this sucker dried, we hit the road, staying up past our collective bedtime and making decent time from the city to the Cape. …
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The next Serial | Imaginary podcasts
I love a good podcast. And I love pretending I have the technical know-how, requisite storytelling ability and captive audience to manage a successful podcast of my own. But um, I have none of the above. I do have some ideas, though. A whole notebook…
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What to eat in the summer | 4 favorite salads
Most days, my meal planning (if you can call it that) goes something like this: Consider what we have on the counter, in the cabinets, in the fridge and sprouting on the deck Hold baby Nick with one hand, rummage with the other hand…